The Golden Ratio Cookbook

By Jen Golbeck

Favorite recipes for humans - all great for beginners - pulled straight from the social media feed of everyone's favorite golden retrievers, The Golden Ratio 4. Waffles, queso, carrots, and lots of easy meals. Bonus: everything is vegetarian!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Nov 29, 2017
• ISBN: 9781387406142

Jen Golbeck

Jen Golbeck is the “internet’s dog mom” and creator of the social media sensation @TheGoldenRatio4. A professor at the University of Maryland’s College of Information Studies, she is a popular science communicator on issues related to her research on social media and dogs. Her TED Talks have been viewed by millions and she is a popular keynote speaker who has appeared on NPR, The 11th Hour, and more. Her writing has appeared in Slate, The Atlantic, Psychology Today, and Wired. She and her husband rescue golden retrievers who are senior or who have special medical needs and give them a safe and comfortable life.

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The Golden Ratio Cookbook

The Golden Ratio Cookbook

Copyright 2017, Jen Golbeck

ISBN 978-1-387-40628-9

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Notes for New Cooks

A lot of you who are fans of the Golden Ratio are new cooks, which is great! These recipes are all pretty easy and doable without any fancy ingredients. They are also the things I make most in every day life – a lot of them I make so often that I don’t look at recipes anymore.

There are some standard abbreviations and measurements I use here that you may not know if you aren’t an experienced cook. This section introduces some of those.

Abbreviations

c -cup

t -teaspoon

T -tablespoon

oz -ounce

lb -pound

Measurements and Equivalents

Being able to convert between measurements gets easier with practice. Here are a few basic conversions.

1 Tablespoon = 3 teaspoons

1 Tablespoon = 0.5 oz

1 cup = 16 Tablespoons

1 cup = 8 oz

1 shot = 1.5 oz = 3 Tablespoons (usually, though some people pour 2 oz. shots. Be wary of these people!)

1 stick of butter = ½ cup of butter = ¼ lb of butter

A note on ounces (oz). There are fluid ounces and weight ounces because we Americans like to make things complicated. Fluid ounces measure volume and are used to measure liquids. A cup is 8 oz. One ounce is 2 Tablespoons. I will usually stick to teaspoons and tablespoons and cups, but you may run into other recipes that use ounces. Notably, drink recipes commonly use ounces.

Also, non-American types use weights (usually grams) instead of cups for things like flour and such. It’s so confusing. Honestly, I end up just using a Google search to convert it. You can say Convert 100 grams of flour to cups and it will do it for you!

For the Non-Americans

Sorry we have such weird systems. Here are some conversions for you.

Common Temperatures

All the temperatures I give here are in Fahrenheit. Here are common temps